Cross-enterprise workflow
Example systems, methods and storage media to provide a cross-enterprise workflow among clinical systems are disclosed. An example cross-enterprise enabled clinical information system includes a workflow manager to coordinate user workflows with respect to the system and associated content. The system includes an image services manager configured to manage images and associated services for the system and associated content. The workflow manager and image services manager are configured for cross-enterprise content sharing such that the system is to locally authenticate a user at the system and the system is to locally authorize a remote request for access to content at the system from a remote user that has been authenticated remotely. The system is arranged to provide content in response to the remote request after the remote authentication has been received and the system has verified the remote user's authorization for access.
1. An apparatus comprising:
memory to include instructions; and
at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to generate a unified patient record from a plurality of systems, the at least one processor to implement at least:
a plurality of cross-enterprise fabric services including a first cross-enterprise fabric service and a second cross-enterprise fabric service, each of the cross-enterprise fabric services associated with a respective system in the plurality of systems to facilitate connection to and interaction with each of the plurality of systems using its associated cross-enterprise fabric service each of the cross-enterprise fabric services to interface with the respective system by connecting to the respective system via the associated cross-enterprise fabric service to retrieve information for a patient to form the unified patient record for the patient based on a cross-enterprise identifier and an exam identifier,
wherein the plurality of systems includes a first system and a second system, and
wherein the at least one processor is to gather the information for the patient to form the unified patient record using the plurality of cross-enterprise fabric services and combine the information into a presentation for display and to facilitate user interaction with the plurality of systems using the plurality of cross-enterprise fabric services by a selection from the unified patient record, and wherein selection of a first exam in the unified patient record triggers the first cross-enterprise fabric service of the first system to access the second system via the second cross-enterprise fabric service and retrieve corresponding information from the second system using a second system service for display via a first system service and a viewer associated with the first system.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is to generate a worklist, receive a selection of an exam from the worklist, and open the exam through the unified patient record based on the cross-enterprise identifier and exam identifier associated with the exam.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of systems includes a local data source and a remote data source.
4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of systems includes at least one of a radiology information system, a picture archiving system, or an enterprise archive.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the cross-enterprise fabric services is to facilitate authentication and authorization to retrieve information from the respective system.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first system service includes a first priors service and the second system service includes a second priors service, the first and second priors services to gather prior exams via at least one of the plurality of cross-enterprise fabric services based on the cross-enterprise identifier and the exam identifier.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first system service includes a first study file service and the second system service includes a second study file service, the first and second study file services to interact with at least one of the plurality of cross-enterprise fabric services to retrieve study information associated with the cross-enterprise identifier and the exam identifier.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the viewer includes a vendor neutral viewer to display the unified patient record.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the vendor neutral viewer further includes a worklist of exams and an imaging streaming engine to display an exam selected from the worklist and retrieved via at least one of the plurality of cross-enterprise fabric services.
10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the vendor neutral viewer includes a first vendor neutral viewer in communication with a second vendor neutral viewer via the plurality of cross-enterprise fabric services and is to provide the unified patient record for display via a universal viewer.
11. A tangible computer readable storage device including instructions which, when executed, specially configure at least one processor to generate a unified patient record from a plurality of systems, the instructions, when executed, to configure the at least one processor to implement at least:
a plurality of cross-enterprise fabric services including a first cross-enterprise fabric service and a second cross-enterprise fabric service, each of the cross-enterprise fabric services associated with a respective system in the plurality of systems to facilitate connection to and interaction with each of the plurality of systems using its associated cross-enterprise fabric service to retrieve information for a patient to form the unified patient record for the patient based on a cross-enterprise identifier and an exam identifier,
wherein the plurality of systems includes a first system and a second system, and
wherein the at least one processor is to gather the information for the patient to form the unified patient record using the plurality of cross-enterprise fabric services and combine the information into a presentation for display and to facilitate user interaction with the plurality of systems using the plurality of cross-enterprise fabric services by a selection from the unified patient record, and wherein selection of a first exam in the unified patient record triggers the first cross-enterprise fabric service of the first system to access the second system via the second cross-enterprise fabric service and retrieve corresponding information from the second system using a second system service for display via a first system service and a viewer associated with the first system.
12. The computer readable storage device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the at least one processor to generate a worklist, receive a selection of an exam from the worklist, and open the exam through the unified patient record based on the cross-enterprise identifier and exam identifier associated with the exam.
13. The computer readable storage device of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of systems includes a local data source and a remote data source.
14. The computer readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of systems includes at least one of a radiology information system, a picture archiving system, or an enterprise archive.
15. The computer readable storage device of claim 11 , wherein each of the cross-enterprise fabric services is to facilitate authentication and authorization to retrieve information from the respective system.
16. The computer readable storage device of claim 11 , wherein the first system service includes a first priors service and the second system service includes a second priors service, the first and second priors services to gather prior exams via at least one of the plurality of cross-enterprise fabric services based on the cross-enterprise identifier and the exam identifier.
17. The computer readable storage device of claim 11 , wherein the first system service includes a first study file service and the second system service includes a second study file service, the first and second study file services to interact with at least one of the plurality of cross-enterprise fabric services to retrieve study information associated with the cross-enterprise identifier and the exam identifier.
18. The computer readable storage device of claim 11 , wherein the viewer includes a vendor neutral viewer to display the unified patient record.
19. The computer readable storage device of claim 18 , wherein the vendor neutral viewer further includes a worklist of exams and an imaging streaming engine to display an exam selected from the worklist and retrieved via at least one of the plurality of cross-enterprise fabric services.
20. The computer readable storage device of claim 18 , wherein the vendor neutral viewer includes a first vendor neutral viewer in communication with a second vendor neutral viewer via the plurality of cross-enterprise fabric services and is to provide the unified patient record for display via a universal viewer.